Description

HoverChat is a replacement for your stock SMS app where you can Message without interrupting what you're doing!

Featured in Time Magazine "50 Best Android Apps for 2013" Must-have Android apps for newbies and enthusiasts alike Read more: http://techland.time.com/2013/07/01/50-best-android-apps-for-2013/slide/ninja-sms/

*** NOTICE: Go SMS Pro, Handcent SMS and MySMS users must DISABLE those apps OR make sure you install HoverChat before those other apps (you might need to uninstall them then re-install if you already have them on your phone). These apps fight with HoverChat for priority to receive messages from the system. If you do not want to disable them, please do not download HoverChat and give a low rating ***

Tired of having to switch windows or pause videos just to answer an incoming message? HoverChat enables true multitasking by allowing you to read and reply to incoming messages without ever leaving your current screen.

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Features:

★ Multiple floating windows at the same time★ Drag and drop windows anywhere with ease★ Collapse mode helps minimize popups for easy access anytime★ Anti-NSA mode: Encrypt messages while sending to contacts so your phone carrier or government cannot read it... Ninja Style!★ Option to save messages on your phone encrypted to prevent other apps reading your SMS messages★ Emoji Support :)★ Notification animation for new incoming messages in minimized chat windows★ Maximize mode allows you to switch to full texting mode in an instant★ Transparency mode to help you view other windows in the background as you read and reply to messages★ Settings panel lets you control which contacts the app will show popups for★ 1 easy switch to enable and disable anytime★ Efficient battery usage so you can keep the popups open as long as you want★ Elegant design and graphics

HoverChat lets you have similar popup features as Facebook's new "Chat Heads" feature without needing to replace your current launcher. Plus, we support all phones 2.2+ already :) (including HD devices such as Samsung Galaxy S 4, Sony Z, HTC One X etc.)

We'd like to hear from you. Email us features you'd like to see in upcoming releases.

We respect your privacy. These are the permissions requested by the app and an explanation why we are asking you for them:

- Reading/Editing/Sending Messages: We use this to help you read and reply to SMS messages from within the popup windows

- Reading your contacts: This is to provide you full control to select which contacts you want the popup windows to show up for

- Drawing over apps: We use this permission to display the popup window hovering over your apps. We also give you permission to minimize or close it at any time.

- Vibrate permission: To notify you of new incoming messages depending on your phone's sound profile

Reviews

4.1

16,082 total

5 8,417

4 3,926

3 1,946

2 816

1 977

Leoniko Cyrel Torres

Almost loved it Things are going well. I liked the hovering popup feature so much. But later on when im trying to create a new message, the app force closes when i was typing the contact name... also the message bubbles could use more improvement hehe. Somehow i dont feel comfortable looking at the message bubble. EDIT: gave this app another chance the next day. Thr force close happen anymore 😄 soo im gonna be using this from now on yeeaah

Tucker Karman

I love this app. Just a few requests though I love this app and I use the pop-up heads all the time. The newish x on the bottom of the screen means I can't drag my heads to the bottom without closing them though. Not to mention it's buggy. Sometimes it just makes the head invisible. Not a big deal, I just want the option to remove it. Also, it would be very nice if the pictures people sent me were bigger than they are now. I of course can tap on the picture to see it fullscreen though. Add #ed texts when they're broken up into multiple texts please.

Cory Miller

Nice. Incorporates a few unique ideas and makes gaming less interrupted. Great job. Any chance of adding XMPP using it as a fail over for when mobile network is unavailable? This would be for anyone online with an xmpp account associated to their normal SMS number. It would be a great addition for those with good WiFi access in fringe mobile areas. Particularly good if used with Facebooks xmpp interface.

Shannon

Good except I really like it but I cannot receive mms! It keeps saying fix apn and copy to new apn and it won't let me change it absolutely can't get it to work!! Please help! :( other than that It's amazing I recommend everyone have it. Way better than textra and go SMS pro

Kevin Kevin

Great app and #1 in my book. My biggest concern is that it don't support video msg, gifs, or even Contact share. Being able to reply back on top of any app SO COOL and convenient. I have told and share the app to so many of my android friends and several have install it. Please add those features and that no SMS app can compare to you.

Xopher Dicken

Good and all love the customization and floating windows BUT wheres the themes ability to purchase pro features even and so on? I discovered you in 2014 sometime and you still have no themes, what have you been doing all this time for roughly a year and a half? Give us more! The theme manager screenshot is false advertisement as the only theme's that are available are Black or White.

User reviews

Leoniko Cyrel Torres January 27, 2015

Almost loved it Things are going well. I liked the hovering popup feature so much. But later on when im trying to create a new message, the app force closes when i was typing the contact name... also the message bubbles could use more improvement hehe. Somehow i dont feel comfortable looking at the message bubble. EDIT: gave this app another chance the next day. Thr force close happen anymore 😄 soo im gonna be using this from now on yeeaah

I love this app. Just a few requests though I love this app and I use the pop-up heads all the time. The newish x on the bottom of the screen means I can't drag my heads to the bottom without closing them though. Not to mention it's buggy. Sometimes it just makes the head invisible. Not a big deal, I just want the option to remove it. Also, it would be very nice if the pictures people sent me were bigger than they are now. I of course can tap on the picture to see it fullscreen though. Add #ed texts when they're broken up into multiple texts please.

Nice. Incorporates a few unique ideas and makes gaming less interrupted. Great job. Any chance of adding XMPP using it as a fail over for when mobile network is unavailable? This would be for anyone online with an xmpp account associated to their normal SMS number. It would be a great addition for those with good WiFi access in fringe mobile areas. Particularly good if used with Facebooks xmpp interface.

Good except I really like it but I cannot receive mms! It keeps saying fix apn and copy to new apn and it won't let me change it absolutely can't get it to work!! Please help! :( other than that It's amazing I recommend everyone have it. Way better than textra and go SMS pro

Great app and #1 in my book. My biggest concern is that it don't support video msg, gifs, or even Contact share. Being able to reply back on top of any app SO COOL and convenient. I have told and share the app to so many of my android friends and several have install it. Please add those features and that no SMS app can compare to you.

Good and all love the customization and floating windows BUT wheres the themes ability to purchase pro features even and so on? I discovered you in 2014 sometime and you still have no themes, what have you been doing all this time for roughly a year and a half? Give us more! The theme manager screenshot is false advertisement as the only theme's that are available are Black or White.

A couple bugs The only issue I have is receiving video mms message. They show as a blank message and I have to temporarily reset default messaging app to Samsung messaging to even see that it is a video. 2/2/2014 update: The past week or so, I can only send short text messages. Anything more and they error, so I have to copy and paste and delete to break up simple 3 or 4 sentence texts. I love the HoverChat app, but this is a killer for me. Texts are supposed to be quick and easy.

Love/Dislike relationship When I first got this app, I loved it a lot. Great to use very quickly and have things running in the background. It was difficult in the beginning making sure that my MMS settings worked correctly and every now and then didn't show contacts names. Eventually it got too difficult to work with and had to uninstall.

I went through 10 apps to find this one. I LOVE the chatheads!! The only prob is that there's no number icon that pops up to tell me how many SMSs are waiting for me to read. I can go for days without realizing that I've received one. If you'd fix this issue, it'd be PERFECT.

No store The primary function of the app works as advertised. There are still some things to figure out, like the lack of anything in the store and some visuals on the bubbles themselves being offset. That being said this is pretty much the only app that lets you put texts into bubbles so it is definitely worth it.

It won't send pics or allow me to receive pictures I would've given 5 stars as I love the app. But suddenly with the last few updates I can no longer send or receive mms all it will do is try and download over and over and run my battery down. Please help me to fix this issue so I may give it the rating it deserves. Thanks val.

Fantastic app Only qualm right now is I seem to experience a bug with texts. Right after I send one, sometimes it doesn't update visually, meaning I can't see the text I just sent until I back out to the conversation list and then click on the conversation again. It only does this sometimes and it is pretty miniscule. Otherwise perfect use. I love this app. Galaxy s4

So much potential This app could easily be the best on the market, although since I downloaded, my phone has been so slow. It got to the point that I could not play a game because of the lag and was forced to delete. Also something I found odd was that you cannot search for messages. I love the floating bubbles concept though, so fix these and I will gladly switch back to this app. Galaxy S5

Ok so chat heads are good... Simple, modern, trivial, messenger features are not working as intended. Videos show up as blank messages and you have to view them in a separate messenger app. Sending pictures work "every now and then" (at best) . Other times you get a "did not work" logo - click the "resend" button and *poff* the pictures dissappear... Can recommend this app, which kinda sucks because I like the chat heads...

Love it but there is one small problem My #1 app, but at random times when I try to close or minimize a chat it shuts off the ability to use the bottom of my screen. The keyboard isn't there but I can no longer use the portion where the keyboard would be forcing me to restart my phone.

Great app until the store stopped working This app is great, the floating chat heads work very well and when I first got it you could personalize both font and theme. Then the store stopped working, more than six months ago, and they still haven't fixed it. I can't access more than the two basic themes (not even one that I previously purchased) which is very frustrating because one of the main draws of the app is its customizability. Every positive review right now is for a "previous version" when things still worked! :(

Drafts Should have been an easy 5 star rating but buuuut.. Can't save drafts! Like when you back out midway of composing a message and usually the default sms app saves it. This one does not. And how about a way to sift through contact,stranger and unread messages. Overall, a good find!

I would still rate it 10 stars! This is a great app. Unfortunately it's not being developed any more. There are no longer any customizations available in the store either. I'm not able to send mms with it but other than that it's flawless. Try it, you'll be glad you did.

Galaxy Note 4 Hands down the best SMS app available. The MMS experience on the other hand is not so great. Videos don't load, pix look distorted, can't see members of a group message, etc. Haven't found an app quiet as user friendly to replace this though

Nice update I could really use that transparent button out in the open. Not in the three dot menu. Also wish i could put chathead at bottom of my screen. Like fast swipe to dismiss but if I drag it down slowly and deliberately... Thats because I want it there..

Finally stopped using I gave up on hoverchat for this reason: If you try to send a photo when you have a weak signal it will not send and there is nothing that lets you know the photo did not send. Then, when you finally realize it didn't send, there is no option to resend it. THEN, when you delete the photo and try to resend it when you have a strong signal, it STILL won't send. This is a terrible and, in my opinion, unacceptable flaw.

Has some incoveniences Needs work. 1) long press should never lead to a straight deletion dialog. Instead, it should lead to selection. 2) new message button should be aligned bottom-right, not center, and a simple + sign will do. 3) needs to implement a colored statusbar for lollipop devices 4) settings should not be dropdown, it should be a menu with submenus 5) the indentation for user name in the left sidebar is weird, does not fit the app overall; should be changed

Recipients seeing blank messages Great idea and app. It's easy to use. However some people that I message are getting SMS with blank text. If I switch back to my old messenger then no problem. I'm not sure what Hover is doing to the protocol. The recipients are using Android too

Can I request? That you will add a setting that can change the chat head just for the right handed person like me. So if I want to minimize the chat head "only circle chathead will be shown" and so, I can easy minimize it through my right thumb :) Can I request? That you will add a setting that can change the chat head just for the right handed person like me. So if I want to minimize the chat head "only circle chathead will be shown" and so, I can easy minimize it through my right thumb :)

Great app! But missing a few things It seems great very simple to use. Haven't had any problems yet. One thing I would like to see though is more options for things that can be attached to messages. Such as videos, contacts, location, etc. That would be awesome! and the store isn't working.

Good not great I have used this app for about 6 months. It's a big improvement on my stock HTC texting app but it's a little buggy. The most obvious annoyance is when you click a notification and it opens to the wrong conversation. This happens all the time and needs to be fixed asap!

Nice by has issues I was using it on a HTC M8 with all current updates. I like the app except : 1. It does not support multiple recipients 2. It doesn't give warning If messages fail. Other than the above, it seemed good, if fixed I would re-do the rating. If you never have to send a message to multiple recipients, it's a good fit

Recent issues App started acting up with volume and pop-up issue. Notification volume seems to be totally independent of system settings, its super annoying. And the pop-up will close away when minimized. The volume is the worst though, it won't go to vibrate when I turn my phone to vibrate for sure.

Good idea, needs some polishing I love the idea of this app. Performance is pretty good, not great though. For a texting app, everything should be smooth and easy to use. For me, the theme store is broken and says there are 0 themes, so the theme claim in the description is wrong. I have also experienced a bug where it reloads the app every once in a while when I receive a new message. It also appears that it can't handle more than 2 bubbles. Improve these and you get a 5* rating.

Its cool but something is wrong I can't select messages as many as i want k can't even save messages i mean i can't lock the messages like i can in other apps. And the fonts just came out from the bubbles :/ the only good thing is the pop up option. Please fix these issues will be really greatful to you

When I cancel chat heads they seem to dissappear but really stay there freezing up my screen. And it keeps opening up my keyboard when no chat head is visible. Also how is there nothing in the shop? That's what it's telling me. I used this before and loved being able to customize it...and it use to work. Lately it's been lagging and force closing. Not happy.

I used to love this app on a Samsung Galaxy S5 running android 5. Then I upgraded to a Samsung Galaxy S7 running Android 6. Now, mere hours after I turn on and set up Custom Notifications, they're turned back off. I have set up HoverChat as the default app. Any ideas why the app keeps turning the Custom Notifications off?

Really buggy! Love it- best text app on here, just for the working chat heads; so convenient! Store doesn't work for me though (never has) and the chat heads sometimes freeze just before vanishing when dismissed leaving it stuck at the bottom of my screen.

Mms? I really want to love and use this app always, but I have a major problem with MMS. 90 percent of the time it doesn't notify me that I have a picture message. And when I just happen to find it for myself, it would take download unless I switch back to the phones default message app. And forget about sending a picture message. Only 1 out every 100 send. Please fix it so I can say this is a great app! I've Been Asking For Months

Good app.. but no available themes.. I'm loving the app.. but upon checking for new themes to have my messages have a new look, the store says "No items currently in store. Please check again soon." Until when do we have to wait?? Hope the developers finally update for themes..

Almost There's only one thing keeping this from being my default texting app. That thing is the lack of an option to split multi-part messages into multiple sms messages. My phone does not seem to like what seems to be a conversion to mms messages when sending multiple part messages. It simply will not send the message unless I manually split the message into multiple single part sms messages.

Perfect app.. Fix no items in store bug and will give u 5 stars 100% Superb great n amazing app.. Just what i needed.. There is only one bug i am facing.. Its.. When i open theme store.. It always says NO ITEMS TO DISPLAY

I was using it and loved some of the themes and the chat heads. I uninstalled it for some reason and when I went back to it at a later time, their "store" said there were no themes. I tried to log in to see my purchases and it crashed. I uninstalled again then went back a few months later with no change. If they aren't fixing issues like that, then I'll just use something else. Chat head were very unique to this at the time but now I have other options that are being updated.

Broken store? I've tried the store several times in the past couple months and nothing. I tried it again today and still nothing! Why?? This is my favorite sms app but I would like to customize. Until it's fixed it's 3 stars!

Caused my phone to glitch, no themes I would give this app 0 stars if possible. It made my phone glitch like crazy and then somehow deleted all my pictures in my gallery... It also doesn't have any themes to choose from except the black or white ones. Quite annoying. I loved the app at first but I refuse to ever download it again.